Man was vaccinated 90 times to falsify covid-19 certificates in Germany

A 60-year-old man in Germany appears to have been vaccinated multiple times against Covid-19 to obtain vaccination records and sell them to people who refused to be vaccinated, authorities said.

The man, from the eastern city of Magdeburg and whose name was withheld due to German privacy rules, reportedly received some 90 vaccinations at vaccination centers in the state of Saxony before he was spotted by police a few days ago, it reported. the DPA news agency

The individual has not been arrested but is being investigated for unauthorized issuance of vaccination certificates and falsification of documents.  He was detected at a vaccination center in  Eilenburg, Saxony, presenting himself for the second day in a row to receive a vaccination.

The police confiscated several blank certificates and initiated criminal proceedings. It has not been revealed what effects the application of such several vaccines, which were of different brands, had on his health.

The German police have recently carried out numerous operations against the falsification of vaccination records. Some Germans deny the severity of the pandemic and refuse to be vaccinated, but at the same time, they want to have proof of vaccination to be able to enter bars, restaurants, swimming pools, or workplaces.

Daily cases in Germany have been rising for several weeks, but many restrictions were lifted on Friday. It is no longer mandatory to wear a mask in supermarkets or theaters, but it is on public transport routes. It is also not mandatory in most schools in the country, which has led teachers’ associations to warn of possible conflicts.

“On the one hand , there is the risk that children who do wear the mask will be mocked and insulted as weaklings , and on the other hand, the risk that pressure will increase against those who do not wear it,” he told the newspaper. agency Heinz-Peter Meidinger, president of the German Teachers’ Association.

He was in favor of teachers and students wearing face masks voluntarily in schools, at least until the Easter holidays. Experts say the latest wave of infections in Germany is due to the omicron subvariant BA.2 and that it already appears to have reached its peak.

On Sunday, Germany’s disease control agency reported 74,053 new cases. Less than a week ago, it was reported some 11,224 new cases daily. However, the reported figure is usually lower on weekends. In total, Germany has recorded 130,029 deaths from covid-19.